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The cultural library is a political education hub. It begins to answer the question: What is the story of Southeast Asian Americans?
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Cau Kieu Collective: Vietnam and Palestine
The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) established diplomatic ties with the Palestinian Liberation Front (PLO) in 1968, making it one of the first countries to do so.
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Recent Post
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unevisual arths a family’s history that began before he was born — a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam — and serves as a doorway into pvisual arts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation.
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Parents Are Human (Khmer Edition)
A bilingual connection card game designed to spark deep conversations between you and your loved ones. Learn more here.
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Parents Are Human (Vietnamese Edition)
A bilingual connection card game designed to spark deep conversations between you and your loved ones. Learn more here.
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Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora
Syndicated columnist Andrew Lam explores his identity as a Viet Kieu – a Vietnamese native living in the United States.
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Poor Amina
As a second-generation Hmong-American, I am constantly haunted by the Hmong narrative, a story that is “inherently” my own as it is unbelonging to me, elements of my core being stemming from that of the Secret War in Vietnam, diaspora, and cultural brokenness.
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Quiet As They Come
Set in San Francisco from the 1980s to the present day, this debut collection explores the lives of Vietnamese immigrants as they struggle to adjust to life in their new country.
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